Have you ever noticed that that the English language has some words that sound like letters? This phenomenon influences how we write on the internet, for example. If you’ve chatted on the internet with other English speakers, you’ve probably seen someone asking ‘how r u?’. It can also originate memes that you can find on language-related cyberspaces. But do you know what all the words that sound like letters are? If not, you’re about to find them out!
Words that sound like letters
| Letter | Word |
| A | a (indefinite article) |
| B | be (verb) ; bee (insect) |
| C | see (perceive with the eyes); sea (the body of water that covers most of the planet) |
| D | Dee (a female given name) |
| E | – |
| F | – |
| G | gee (exclamation) |
| H | eight (number) |
| I | I (pronoun); eye (organ of the visual system) |
| J | jay (a bird) |
| K | cay (a low bank or reef of coral, rock, or sand); Kay (a female given name) |
| L | el (shortened form of elevated railway/railroad) |
| M | em (a unit of measurement) |
| N | en (a unit of measurement) |
| O | oh (exclamation); owe (an obligation to pay) |
| P | pea (a vegetable); pee (urinate) |
| Q | queue (line); cue (a signal) |
| R | are (a form of the verb ‘be’) |
| S | – |
| T | tea (drink); tee (a t-shirt) |
| U | you (pronoun); ewe (a female sheep) |
| V | – |
| W | – |
| X | ex (a former partner) |
| Y | why (for what reason) |
| Z | – |
You are probably surprised at how many words we have with the same sound of some letters of the alphabet, right? Do you know the meanings of all these words? In front of them, you have a summary of their meanings. But if you want to know more, don’t miss the opportunity to go to a good dictionary and look them up!
Do you know any other words that could be added to this list? If so, write them in the comments below!
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S us(we our us )
V we